Getting back into an old familiar comfort zone with Leif & Thorn. (Literally! …get it, because vampires are old….)

New vampires can be turned at any time, but Lady Stanczia and Lord Imri are among the oldest. Their native language is no longer spoken by any living human. Their names sound bizarre and archaic to Sønska ears. Linguists and historians love when they can shed light on customs that have been lost for centuries…and hate when they make stuff up for fun. Which the old ones do a lot.

In terms of looks, Imri is pretty clearly influenced by Alucard and Sebastian Michaelis, maybe a touch of Count D. And I want both of them to have that general old-school Dracula/Carmilla combo of aristocracy and menace. But if you try to predict specifics of how either of them will behave based on what would be in-character for a pre-existing fictional vampire, you’re likely to be disappointed…

By the way, for anyone here interested in vampires: the kickoff event for the new Magic the Gathering set, Shadows Over Innistrad, is in full swing on Twitter #MTGSOI. I think I just helped solve one of the riddles.

i love how you draw your female characters with normal body shapes. i know that might sound odd, but even among webcomics so often women, especially women considered beautiful, have disconcertingly small waists etc, and its just really nice to see a change from that.